Axe-Fx II "Quantum" Rev 5.03 Firmware Released

[haffner1]

The link is broken, no file, just an endless loop back to the homepage.

Mine all work on this end. Maybe try restarting your browser or something?

 

[pima1234]

As I get older, I need less sag... lol

Variable sag was one amazing feature of the Maven Peal amps I owned. I could easily go from Tweed to Twin with the turn of one control.

 

[FlavAnderson]

The link is broken, no file, just an endless loop back to the homepage.

It is not on the Fractal web page, but it is at the Top of this thread, on page 1! Go to page 1 of this thread and you can download it from that link!

 

[FlavAnderson]

Thank you Cliff and FAS Staff! The Axe FX II is sounding incredible! Can't stop playing it, and I'm just starting to recover from a Carpal Tunnel injury!!! Lol Flav

 

[SHEPPARD]

Waaah :''''( my fender clean sounds different...........JK, awesome work!

 

[jarabuandi]

Once again, thanks to Cliff and all the FAS team for the super support. You guys ROCK!

 

[soheil]

Awesome Cliff. Thanks a million

 

[H3O2]

These are more like upgrades than updates. Always forward. Many thanks.

 

[SDD3K]

Awesome ! Thanks Cliff !!

 

[nikk©]

Thanks!! Cliff and FAS Team !!

 

[ETOLKIEN]

Fixed version is up in the OP.

You pulverized your own record: 5 hours..that was FAS!

Thanks a lot

 

[wga]

Cool ... this black box never stops! Thank you FAS

 

[MrGuitarabuse]

Sag.... always make me think Bevis and Butthead...

huhuhuhhuuuuhuuuu... he said sag.... huuuhuuuhuuuhuuuhuuu

 

[666was999]

Even more sag? What's the idea behind that? I never turned sag all the way up, should I? I prefer stable tones that jump right in my face.

Anyway, thank you for the update.

 

[StickMan]

Even more sag? What's the idea behind that? I never turned sag all the way up, should I? I prefer stable tones that jump right in my face.

Anyway, thank you for the update.

On cleanish amp settings, I think that higher sag gives a more realistic, tube-like, feel to the dynamics of the model. I'm not sure how desirable it is with higher gain settings.

 

[FINFIN]

can someone please explain the meaning of AMP SAG.??

 

[Guitarjon]

Ooohhhh more sag!
Nice!

Thanks FAS!

 

[666was999]

On cleanish amp settings, I think that higher sag gives a more realistic, tube-like, feel to the dynamics of the model. I'm not sure how desirable it is with higher gain settings.

I mainly played 100W to 120W Engl amps. I never turned them up as far as you'd need it to get some sag. They stay stable but sound tubey somrhow and that's the sound that I'm used to.

 

[barhrecords]

can someone please explain the meaning of AMP SAG.??

Let me Google that for you: http://www.aikenamps.com/index.php/what-is-sag

 

[FractalAudio]

Even more sag? What's the idea behind that? I never turned sag all the way up, should I? I prefer stable tones that jump right in my face.

Anyway, thank you for the update.

Set it where you like it.

The impetus was this:
Someone asked me to match a Kemper profile (one of the Top Jimi ones). I could not match the profile even with the Supply Sag all the way up. With the new firmware I can now match the profile with Supply Sag around 7.0. I've never encountered a real amp with that much sag so I don't know how accurate the profile is but that's the story behind it. Theoretically at maximum Supply Sag you get about 6 dB maximum compression. So at 7.0 you'd get about 4-5 dB which is huge (and I mean yuuuuuuge). I've never measured an amp that gets anywhere near that and it's usually around 1-2 dB. The worst I've seen is our 1968 100W Plexi where the sag measures about 2.4 dB.